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  • The bands may be smaller this year, but students say they're prepared to keep the culture alive and entertain hundreds of thousands of revelers.
  • The cult-beloved Philly singer-songwriter plays a handful of stripped-down songs from across his vast discography, including songs from this year's God Save The Animals.
  • Wet Leg, the year's breakout indie rock band, just released a debut album full of loopy, addictive songs that are as fun to talk about as they are to listen to.
  • The trio of players, all from Detroit, along with producer and author Sue Mingus, will be celebrated in a tribute concert next spring.
  • Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.
  • In the history of popular music, there have been few singer / songwriters that have been as prolific and impactful as the legendary Carole King & James Taylor. Carole King has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame respectively. She wrote several Top Ten hits for various groups with her partner and husband Gerry Goffin during the '60's and in 1971, her Tapestry album became the top-selling pop solo album ever and held that position until Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1982. Over the course of her long career, she penned over 400 songs that have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists. James Taylor rose to fame in the 1970s, when he became known for writing and performing sensitive, affecting songs. Over the course of a long-running career, Taylor has won five Grammy Awards and is the first artist to have top 10 albums in each of the last 6 decades. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and received a National Medal of the Arts in 2011. Taylor continues to be esteemed as a songwriter and performer whose work speaks to people's inner emotional lives. In November of 2007, Carole King and James Taylor came together to perform a concert that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Troubadour in West Hollywood. The concert was also a reunion of the two artists who performed regularly together in the early ‘70’s. With the intent to pay tribute to this legendary musical collaboration , Stephen Bock of the stellar tribute to James Taylor “Taylor Made” has joined forces with Carla Buffa of the popular Southern California Carole King tribute “Sweet Seasons” to put together a show that honors the legacy of both of these renowned performers. When you attend a Taylor Made Tapestry performance, you will be astounded by this bands immaculate renderings of such classic numbers as “Fire and Rain”, “It’s Too Late”, “Carolina in My Mind”, “So Far Away”, Your Smiling Face”, “I Feel the Earth Move”, “Shower the People”, “Jazzman”, “You’ve Got a Friend”, “Locomotion”……. this excellent group of musicians faithfully pay tribute to these iconic artists with outstanding accuracy and attention to detail. Come and celebrate the music of two of the most renowned pop artists of our generation with Taylor Made Tapestry, a Tribute to Carole King & James Taylor.
  • Blue skies and warm temperatures are expected to turn to rain and snow in much of California this week. Then, a local restaurant is the first eatery in the region to earn a coveted Michelin three-star designation. Next, we revisit a segment with San Diego author Madhushree Ghosh who talks about her book “Khabaar” and how food helps her stay connected to her Indian heritage and culture. And, KQED’s Silicon Valley reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi takes us on a food origin story journey that leads across the world and then back to California. Next, Ensenada is the birthplace of Mexican surfing. It has a rich history that many people don’t know about. Earlier this year, KPBS Border Reporter Gustavo Solis talked with two local surfers trying to preserve and spread that history. Finally, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says there are only a few weeks left to visit the Spiderman exhibit at the San Diego Comic Con Museum.
  • Desperado, Southern California's Premier Eagles Tribute, is just that. With five lead vocalists and instrumentalists who have honed their musical skills in a variety of professional projects, "Desperado" is truly a cut above their counterparts with their "all live presentation" (no backing tracks or samplers used in their show) of the most popular band of the 70's, the Eagles. Singing the Eagles soaring harmonies while executing the guitar parts and rhythm track to perfection, Desperado challenges the listener to tell the difference between what is being played live and what the original recordings sound like. Come see them perform at the Belly Up Tavern on Saturday, June 11. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.. Ticket Price: $18 advanced / $21 day of show / $32 reserved loft seating (available over the phone or in person at out box office) Genre: Tribute
  • Belly Up presents Cracker Genre: rock Ages 21+ Only Ticket Price: $25 advanced / $28 day of show / $44 reserved loft seating (available over the phone or in person at out box office) Cracker‘s tenth studio effort, the double-album entitled "Berkeley To Bakersfield," finds this uniquely American band traversing two different sides of the California landscape – the northern Bay area and further down-state in Bakersfield. Cracker has been described as a lot of things over the years: alt-rock, Americana, insurgent-country, and have even had the terms punk and classic-rock thrown at them. But more than anything Cracker are survivors. Cofounders Lowery and Hickman have been at it for almost a quarter of a century – amassing ten studio albums, multiple gold records, thousands of live performances, hit songs that are still in current radio rotation around the globe (“Low,” “Euro-Trash Girl,” “Get Off This” and “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me” to name just a few), and a worldwide fan base – that despite the major sea-changes within the music industry – continues to grow each year. Visit their website + Facebook Belly Up on Facebook + Instagram
  • In a state that bans abortion, anxiety about rape and getting pregnant drove this teen to start on birth control, though she's not having sex.
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